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Opponents of Tim Eyman’s latest anti-tax ballot measure filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging that the initiative promoter’s new proposal is unconstitutional. On Thursday, an Elway Poll of 502 voters statewide was released, showing 49 percent supported I-1366, 36 percent opposed it and 15 percent were undecided. In the past, Washington voters passed five straight initiatives supporting the two-thirds majority threshold, but did not address the state constitution.

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Inslee told The News Tribune editorial board Wednesday that the regulations he is now pursuing would cover distributors of vehicle fuel. Inslee ordered his Department of Ecology Tuesday to develop a cap on emissions, and he said Wednesday it would set limits on the state’s largest emitters.

Randy Dorn said Thursday he’s leaning against running but is waiting to see how the Washington state Supreme Court responds to the latest state budget that adds $1.3 billion for basic education. Even without certainty about Dorn’s decision, state Rep. Chris Reykdal, D-Tumwater, announced his bid Thursday, joining Tacoma Public Schools official Erin Jones of Lacey as declared candidates.

Apple Health has asked for $3 billion from the federal government over the next five years to fund nontraditional services that are becoming focuses of the health care industry after the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. The state is applying for a government waiver that would allow these Medicaid funds to have more flexibility in how they can be used.

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Boeing chairman Jim McNerney gave a talk at the Economic Club of Washington on Wednesday, and he dropped a bombshell: The aircraft maker may move what McNerney called key pieces of its operations to other countries because of uncertainty about the future of the Export-Import Bank.

Though the primary election is Tuesday and the general election is still months away, independent spending on the races has surpassed $275,000. That’s double the outside money spent on primary- and general- election council races in 2009, when independent-expenditure committees chipped in $134,495.

The study found that the cost of generating energy from 300 MW of utility-scale PV solar is roughly one-half the cost per kWh of electricity produced from an equivalent 300 MW of 5kW residential-scale systems when deployed on the Xcel Energy Colorado grid. The study also concluded that 300 MW of PV solar deployed in a utility-scale configuration avoids approximately 50% more carbon emissions than an equivalent amount of residential-scale PV solar.

Wind has been rising fast, albeit from a low base. In 2008, wind provided just 1 percent of the nation’s electricity. That’s gone up to 4.9 percent in the first half of 2015 as turbines have sprouted up around the country. For all the hype it gets, solar power still plays only a small role in the US energy system — providing around 0.6 percent of electricity in the first half of 2015.

Among them is a lesser-known restriction that outlaws the use of the highly explosive butane gas to manufacture butane hash oil or BHO. Some industry leaders worry the new law could push more production underground, causing more explosions.

A bill to make it easier and cheaper to buy legal pot in Washington is headed to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature. And counties and cities that choose to ban marijuana establishments within their jurisdictions would become ineligible to receive marijuana tax revenue collected by the state.